Archive for category Search

Next 3 Years in the Browser Space

Posted by Michael Opperman in Browsers, Business Models, Digital, Economy, Mozilla Firefox, Open Source, Operating Systems, Search, Social Networking on October 16, 2009

In this talk at The Future of Web Apps London, Aza Raskin talks about the future of browsers. He discusses …

1. YOU-Centric browsing
2. How browsers will manage your identity
3. Browsers with native natural language processing
4. Built-in payments in browsers

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Microfiche Reader Updated: Google FastFlip

Posted by Michael Opperman in Browsers, Google, Microsoft, Search on September 16, 2009

Browsing news article using Fast Flip is satisfying. Almost like having the coolest microfiche reader ever – yeah, I know that I date myself. Still playing with it, but would love to embed that in a page with a set of saved searches. Every morning, I could quickly flip through the visual equivalent of news feeds. Microsoft is doing something similar with Bing’s Visual Search, but I find it less intuitive and useful.

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A Model Is Emerging

Posted by Michael Opperman in Advertising, Business Models, Microsoft, Search on March 22, 2007

Microsoft is merging its web search and online advertising divisions. At some point you just gotta join ‘em.

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Project Panama

Posted by Michael Opperman in Search, Yahoo on February 6, 2007

Yahoo is launching its answer to Google’s AdWords. It has been delayed too long.

“Some analysts who follow Yahoo say the delay of Panama is the biggest reason Yahoo shares dropped from a high of more than $35 early last year to just over $22 in October. They have since regained some ground, closing Friday at $28.77.” New York Times

The test project is called “Project Panama.” Richard Bissell would have approved of the moniker.

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